• DocumentCode
    2531852
  • Title

    Photon quantum correlation measurements by two photon absorption in semiconductors

  • Author

    Boitier, F. ; Godard, A. ; Rosencher, E. ; Fabre, C.

  • Author_Institution
    French Aerosp. Lab., Onera/DMPH, Palaiseau, France
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    4-8 Oct. 2009
  • Firstpage
    813
  • Lastpage
    814
  • Abstract
    We show that photon quantum correlations can be measured by two photon absorption in semiconductors. Hanbury-Brown Twiss experiments can thus be performed with genuine blackbodies with a time resolution in the femtosecond range.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; light absorption; photon-photon interactions; quantum optics; Hanbury-Brown Twiss experiments; femtosecond range; genuine blackbodies; photon quantum correlation measurements; photon-photon absorption; semiconductors; Absorption; Bandwidth; Chaos; Detectors; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Optical interferometry; Quantum mechanics; Stimulated emission; Time factors; Time measurement; Photon bunching; blackbody; two photon absorption;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Belek-Antalya
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3680-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343069
  • Filename
    5343069